The Soldier's Unsurpassable Honor novel Chapter 2959

For others, taking part in the competition meant that Rudeus might very well humiliate them, and no one wanted to bear that humiliation. Of those present, only two of them had gotten treasures while the rest returned empty-handed.

Every one of them knew how difficult the competition was, so everyone became cowards. No one was willing to stand up at such a time. Fane looked at Rudeus before turning to look at Aaron.

At that moment, Aaron was conversing with Rudy. The two of them were hidden in the darkness, trying not to interact with anyone else. There must have been a few alchemists present that were like Aaron, but thanks to Rudeus' poorly chosen words, no one was willing to step up.

Rudeus trembled with anger and looked like he was about to collapse at any moment.

Fane did not want to care about anything, but thinking about it, he would need to meet the alchemists from White Marsh Continent and Chaos Continent when the competition started. If they truly could not get enough people, they would be the laughingstock for everyone else.

To avoid that, and also because Fane did not want Rudeus to just do as he pleased, Fane said to the people around him, "Rudeus might be exceptional, but

he's not the boss of everyone here. We can't just let him pick and choose who can take part just because he wants to. Even if the competition is hard, it's a good opportunity to challenge yourself. As alchemists, we shouldn't let go of any chance to improve ourselves!"

What greeted him was silence and gazes of various emotions. Some were exasperated, while some were disgusted, but they were all directed at Fane.